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“Which is why I seriously detest mind-numbing drama series like those (yes, including the few I’ve acted in myself). The poison the minds of housewives everywhere. Not that they need more poisoning. People who watch these shows and enjoy them end up developing a worldview that is quite particular, where things are black and white, and stupid family values like clinging on to an obviously fucked up marriage and truly evil family members are endorsed.”

SO SWEET!

“If you had seduced ninety girls with ninety poets, one a week in a course of three academic years, and remembered them all at the end—the poets, I mean—and synthesized your reading into some kind of aesthetic overview, then you would have earned yourself a degree in English literature. But don’t pretend that it’s easy.”

Great concept from JC kids, but the text was a let-down.

“Introducing political education in schools is fine, but it should not be one-sided. We need to have media literacy programmes, and also teach a clear and undoctored political history that is not dictated by one source, but contains different accounts.”

Slightly cliched, but I think we need to read these kind of stories once in a while.

“The story of Sodom now linguistically linked to sodomy was an issue of inhospitality to visiting strangers. It is never an account about same-sex relations. It was as defined in Ezekial 16:47-50 as pride, gluttony, and prosperous ease and refusal to aid the poor and needy. Sodom is a symbol of God’s judgment rather than same-sex relations.”

“…bad management pushes a lot of capable people out of their day jobs, and those people go on to become entrepreneurs.

…leaving a boss who is Satan’s learning-challenged little brother is relatively easy. And if the general economy isn’t serving up wonderful job opportunities at other companies (thanks in part to bad management) then you can see why people gravitate toward starting their own companies.”

“ENTER ALAN, WHO HAS JUST UNDERGONE A PROFOUNDLY MOVING RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE, CAUSING HIM TO SEE THE NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE UNFILTERED BY EMOTION OR DESIRE.”

“The dent was so tiny it was practically invisible if you did not know where to look. It was only about half an inch in length and was so shallow you had to put your finger there to feel the unevenness. It was difficult to see not only because of its size, but also because the car was covered with advertisement stickers that masked it.

“And you want to charge me $100 for this?” I turned to him and asked.

“Standard procedure,” he answered, looking at his sheet.”

“India is “sitting on a huge opportunity” to create new businesses and tap into thousands of science and technology experts, Mr. Ayyadurai said, but a “feudal culture” is holding the country back.”

“Grading is a waste of time. We only do it in schools and universities. It’s a sorting technique, not truly an evaluation technique. Iterative and formative feedback is what’s really required for learning.”

“Getting things straight for the citizens, new immigrants and foreigners living in Singapore.”

“…all I could feel was a profound sense of disconnected history and lost landscapes.”

“I am comforted that finally someone at this high level of government has come to see my point of view, which I have voiced for a long time.”

“It’s only fair the girls get a turn.” – Nanashee expands on her previous post and publishes her take on the different categories of women she has encountered.